Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. provides investment management services in the United States and internationally. It offers 12 equity investment strategies spanning various market capitalization segments and investing styles. The company offers investment management services primarily to institutions and through intermediaries that operate with institutional-like decision making processes and have longer-term investment horizons, by means of separate account and mutual funds. As of December 31, 2010, it managed 155 accounts spanning 115 client relationships, including pension and profit sharing plans, trusts, endowments, foundations, charitable organizations, government entities, and private and non-U.S. investment companies, as well as mutual funds, non-U.S. funds, and collective trusts. The company was founded in 1994 and is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.